delhi exit polls

Delhi Exit Polls

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The Delhi exit polls clearly favour Arvind Kejriwal, halfheartedly accept Modi-Shah duo and completely decimate RaGa politics.

The Delhi results have always produced  surprising results. If onion prices threw Sushma Swaraj out of power, sent popular Sheila Dixit into retirement, the voters made it sure to make hero out of Arvind Kejriwal, thanks to anti corruption crusader Anna Hazare.

Kejriwal has successfully nurtured an image of a non corrupt, humble, pro-poor CM who believes in free for all schemes. The image is extremely difficult to break and to his credit, Kejriwal has successfully held on that image for 5 years.

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Modi-Shah duo for that matter were always interested in improving the numbers in Delhi . They seem to be succeeding in the short term goal.

If the Exit poll comes true,, it would underline few important aspects of any election approach going forward.

Kejriwal has proved to be a quick learner. The day he realised that bad mouthing the central policies and the Prime Minister, impacts negatively on him, he has managed to stay away from all the publicity and focused on Delhi. It’s a general observation that whenever one targets a popular leader, election results are impacted(Ask Devendra Fadnavis what went wrong in Maharashtra).

A local face is must for every election. Gone are the 2014 days when Modi wave won the elections for BJP. Post Madanlal Khurana, BJP could never get a local stalwart and Kiran Bedi or Manoj Tiwary are no match to Kejriwal. It’s time, some local leader stands and deliver for BJP, else the broom will wipe out the ambitions of the saffron party.

The biggest looser is RaGa and his politics. What Kejriwal understood so quickly, RaGa has failed to realise. The more he speaks, more it hampers his party. A bad mouth can generate publicity but will never convert into votes. RaGa has to remember that he is Gandhi and needs to maintain a stature so people can follow him like his predecessors of the first family of the Congress.

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The media to its negative credit has ensured publicity is the key. It has successfully held topics like Shaheen Baug, CAA, communal discord and kept afloat its TRPs. One wishes, media uses its reach to the people in a constructive manner. Watching them gives a feel that nothing goes good in this country.

The biggest positive takeaway from the outcome is the maturity of voters. They seem to have voted for the development and not for the optics. However one hopes, the politicians remove the masks on their face and ask for the votes and the voters on their part have the capacity to unmask the real faces of the politicians irrespective of the political party.

Disclaimer: The views mentioned in the blog are personal and do not align or reflect views of any political party.

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